[CPEO-MEF] GLOBAL: "More soil contamination found at former U.S. forces site in Okinawa" (Japan)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

More soil contamination found at former U.S. forces site in Okinawa


Kyodo News International
Global Post
June 21, 2013

More soil contamination from fossil fuel has been found on land  
formerly occupied by a U.S. military facility in Okinawa and there  
are fears that the contaminants have spread via groundwater,  
according to an inspection report of the local defense bureau  
obtained Saturday by Kyodo News.

Contamination by what appeared to be jet fuel and gasoline was found  
in the northern part of Camp Kuwae, according to the Okinawa Defense  
Bureau's report for this year. Some of the land used by the base was  
handed back to Japan in 2003.

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130621/more-soil-contamination-found-at-former-us-forces-site

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